On 21 Aug, 11:41, "Carmen Gauvin-O'Donnell" <seeg...@cogeco.ca> wrote:
> And just to throw in my ten cents, should you be considering buying a
> tablet, now that you know what Windows XP Tablet Edition is, is that I have
> had mine for just under two years now, and *you could not pay me* to go back
> to a plain laptop. These things are the greatest, which is what I'm sure
> everyone in this newsgroup would say (of course, we're all a little biased!)
>
> :-)
>
> C.
>

I'd buy one, but not because it's a tablet.. i'd buy it because it's
fanless!

Even a big chunky laptop is small enough!

Actually one problem with a small - narrow - laptop, a tablet would
have this problem, is that you can't put it on your knees to use it.
(putting legs together is too uncomfortable, squashed nuts). And my
knees are not fat enough to put it on one knee and type on it with 2
hands without the little laptop moving around.

The idea of swivelling the top of it around or writing on it, using a
touchscreen - that's the sum of tablet functions I guess, it's not
something I have ever wanted to do. Maybe if I got one i'd suddenly
see the light in some non-comformist way, finding some use for those
tablet functions..